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Seattle-based tech firms leased more space in 2020 than in 2019, office workers are gradually coming back throughout the country

Bruce Steadman, executive director of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority, or FMERA, likewise declined to comment. Netflix did not return a request for comment.  On July 21, FMERA, the state agency redeveloping the former U.S. Army base, created a new 289-acre "Mega Parcel" on land that lies in parts of Eatontown and Oceanport. FMERA said it's open to several industries purchasing the site, including film and digital, but also life sciences, information and high tech, clean energy and the food and beverage industry.     Steadman said they haven't opened the parcel t...

As businesses flock to South Florida, has Fort Lauderdale fallen behind in luring them? Sun Sentinel 5/4/2021 David Lyons, South Florida Sun-Sentinel © Susan Stocker / South Florida/Sun Sentinel The intersection of Las Olas Boulevard and Southeast Third Avenue, site of the former Broward College downtown campus, as seen late last year. It is now home to The Main Las Olas, a mixed-use office, residential and retail building in the center of the city's financial and entertainment district. Fort Lauderdale appears to be missing out on many of the companies moving to South Fl...

Fort Lauderdale appears to be missing out on many companies relocating to South Florida during the pandemic — with a number of them instead moving to West Palm Beach and Miami.

Corporations considering a headquarters move to Charlotte or the Triangle would be offered an additional incentive — potentially worth millions of dollars — to spread the economic benefits to less vibrant areas of the state under a bill that cleared the N.C. Senate last week. Republican-sponsored Senate Bill 493 modifies the state’s Job Development Investment Grant program — the primary economic-recruitment tool for corporations being recruited by other states. The co-primary sponsors include Sens. David Craven Jr. of Randolph County and Vickie Sawyer of Yadkin County. The...